On Thu, Jul 14, 2011 at 7:28 PM, Mike Burger <mburger at bubbanfriends.org> wrote: > >> On Wed, Jul 13, 2011 at 9:10 PM, James B. Byrne <byrnejb at harte-lyne.ca> >> wrote: >>> >>> On Wed Jul 13 15:03:40 EDT 2011, Michael Best mbest at pendragon.org >>> wrote: >>>> Like this: >>>> >>>> MAILTO=testaddr at harte-lyne.ca >>>> 30 2 * * * echo "this should be mailed" >>> >>> That sets MAILTO for the entire crontab does it not? I want to set >>> MAILTO differently for specific crontab entries. Is that possible? >>> How is it done? Or do I have to pipe stuff to /usr/bin/mail >>> explicitly? >>> >> >> >> >> Easy: >> >> >> MAILTO="root" >> 30 2 * * * echo "this should be mailed to root" >> MAILTO="james at harte.x.x" >> 30 4 * * * echo "this should be mailed to James" >> MAILTO="bob" >> 30 5 * * * echo "this should be mailed to Bob" >> MAILTO="" >> 30 6 * * * echo "this should be mailed to no-one" > > Why not simply do one of the following: > > 30 6 * * * /path/to/job 2>&1 | mail -s "<job name> output" user at domain > .com > > Or > > Within the script that runs the job, send the output of the to a file, > then cat the contents of the file through > > mail -s "<job name> output" user at domain.com > -- > Mike Burger > http://www.bubbanfriends.org I suppose it depends on which option you prefer :) But, I think if your crontab has many lines then it's a bit easier to use the method I suggested. For example: MAILTO="root" line1 line2 line3 ..... ..... line9 MAILTO="support-dept" line10 line11 line12 ...... ...... line13 line14 MAILTO="" line15 line16 etc -- Kind Regards Rudi Ahlers SoftDux Website: http://www.SoftDux.com Technical Blog: http://Blog.SoftDux.com Office: 087 805 9573 Cell: 082 554 7532